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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, Should we #CancelRich?, on the site Social Upheaval in Dramatic Structure 7 years, 2 months ago

    In reply to: k0g71330 wrote a new post, Response #1, on the site Social Upheaval in Dramatic Structure In the PBS video clip posted on Blackboard, Anna Deavere Smith discusses her play Let Me Down Easy with host Tavis Smiley. […] View

    Hi Kaitlin!

    Your essay made me think further about what I discussed in my reading response – that is, the Black Arts Movement’s focus on functional art. Many of the playwrights and artists interviewed in the “Not a Rhyme Time” PBS special talked about what makes art art, and what makes art “black art” (the difference being, as Amiri Bakara…[Read more]

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    Amanda Bourne created the site EN545 Portfolio 7 years, 2 months ago

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Writing Process: Research Paper Draft, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 3 months ago

    My writing process during this draft has been somewhat typical of how I write a research paper. I started by finding many sources, and after determining my working thesis, I started writing the main paper body. I […]

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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, The Muppets’ Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    Brooke Shields is Alice – so she is definitely American! This adaptation is interesting in that sense because, culturally, it seems to take a very “British” icon, and uses The Muppets (definitely American), to […]

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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, The Muppets’ Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    Dr. Ficke – The main impression I walked away from this adaptation with was one of confusion, or certainly disorganization. I think that the disorder, or reordering of the scenes within the full episode allows the […]

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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    Madison: Hmm, that notion of “going mad” seems to be a prevalent theme here (just think of the Mad Hatter, and the comments Alice makes throughout the book about everyone going batty!). How do you think that this […]

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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, The Muppets’ Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    I think it might be similar to other adaptations in the sense that it rearranges the episodes to fit the adaptation’s purpose. However, I can’t really think of any particular similarities to other Alice […]

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    Amanda Bourne commented on the post, Due start of class Sept 21st – Memorial hike, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    Madison, what do you think of the way that they decided to portray Alice’s first visit to Wonderland? You said that she has nightmares about it, which gives the impression that it was a negative experience. Yet, […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, The Muppets’ Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

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    The Muppets’ Alice in Wonderland episode was originally presented through “The Muppet Show”. It retains this aspect of performance mixed with real life, for instance, the guest actress actually grows too large […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Goldberg “Rereading and Rewriting” – Self-Study, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    In this chapter, Natalie Goldberg endorses the idea that rereading is the most useful tool for rewriting. However, she notes that rereading itself may not be enough – that is, the writer must also put time and […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Perl “Understanding Composing” – Reading Response, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    In Sondra Perl’s Understanding Composing, the author examines parts of the writing process that are not covered by the linear plan-write-revise process. One of these ideas that she discusses is recursive revision, […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Wool and Water with Voyant Tools, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 4 months ago

    ThumbnailI started my experimentation with a copy of my section in Through the Looking Glass. My section is the first part of the chapter “Wool and Water“, which tells about Alice’s first encounter with the White Queen.
    I […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, First Line From a Book – Creative Entry, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    “Line up by family at the tables to register!”

    I stand up, leaves crackling under my feet. Perhaps this is a good place to stop, to rebel, to say what I will no longer do what I would rather not. But really, […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Food and Love – Creative Entry, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    When in a state of eternal happiness (because have I ever been in love?), I pull out my box of tea from the cupboard, filled with leaves from Spain and England and obscure origins and choose one. Normally the […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Helton and Sommers – Reading Response, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    Helton and Sommers have a strong method of providing feedback on drafts using E/M/L, but the issue that I see with this method is that it cannot easily be applied to courses and assignments where drafts are not […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Helton and Sommers – Worksheet, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 4 months ago

    1.) What are some problems with assigning letter grades to writing assignments, particularly drafts?

    If students get a good/passable grade, often they won’t devote effort into making the draft better. Even if […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Self-Study Journal Entry (1), on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 5 months ago

    If I was placed in a writing workshop hosted by Lamott or Goldberg, I’m not sure how I would respond. From reading their books, I imagine that they have no grading system, and no “classroom” type setting. Both […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, “The Mock Turtle’s Story” – Alice in Wonderland, on the site Literature Uncovered 9 years, 5 months ago

    ThumbnailIn Alice in Wonderland, the main character is led by the Gryphon to hear the Mock Turtle’s story. Alice is indigent that all of the characters in Wonderland order her around, but she follows Gryphon because she is […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Runciman on Writing – Reading Response, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 5 months ago

    In his essay Fun?, Lex Runciman examines existing scholarship on writing and ponders the focus on difficulty and frustration as opposed to examination of the positive and rewarding parts of the writing process. On […]

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    Amanda Bourne wrote a new post, Good Writing – Writing Exercise, on the site Amanda's EN 301 Portfolio 9 years, 5 months ago

    To choose a piece of good writing is difficult – like telling someone to search for the subjectively right golden needle amongst a myriad of golden needles and bits of chaff. This writing that I have chosen may […]

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      Amanda Bourne commented on the post, Should we #CancelRich?, on the site Social Upheaval in Dramatic Structure 7 years, 2 months ago

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      Amanda Bourne created the site EN545 Portfolio 7 years, 2 months ago

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